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Barbara Thau

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, FEATURES CO—

About Barbara

Barbara is a longtime business reporter and editor specializing in the retail and consumer sectors, whose coverage includes fashion, food, beauty, technology and more. Her coverage at consumer publications like Forbes, CNBC and AOL.com and trade outlets such as Home Furnishings News ranges from market trend analysis features to CEO profiles of the nation’s biggest public companies, as well as buzzy new disruptors. Thau aims for CO—'s features to demystify the business landscape for the business community, with exclusive stories that keep readers ahead of the trends, identify emerging opportunities and offer actionable insights for growth.

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Pandemic Consumer Trends: Hyper-Local Commerce & Small Brands
The crisis whet consumers’ appetite for local stores, on-demand dining concepts and Instagram-discovered startup brands — and marketers are heeding their call.
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Experts Discuss Emerging Startups Ripe for Long-Term Growth
How disruptors in retail and real estate to gaming and branding are serving a shifting consumer economy and leaning into business trends that are poised to stick.
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How 3 Startups Landed Distribution at National Retail Chains
A behind-the-scenes look at how organic baby food brand Raised Real, beauty retailer Luxie and Café Femenino Coffee broke into big retail.
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How These 3 Brands Turned Pandemic-Prompted Innovation Into Sales
Executives from Clorox, Thinx and Zenni Optical share how the crisis forced product launches and strategic pivots poised to inform business long-term.
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LVMH’s VP of Planning Discusses the Imprint of His Mentor
Jose Chan shares the invaluable business lessons he’s learned from a mentor, from running an international brand to tapping both data and human intuition to drive business.
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Startups Alleyoop, Culprit and Doorkee Talk Business Growth
In expansion mode, Alleyoop, Culprit and Doorkee share insider, actionable tips for growth.
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Microsoft's VP of Worldwide Retail Discusses Mentorship
Shelley Bransten shares the critical business lessons she’s learned from a “posse” of mentors — from pushing passed inertia to the payoff of following a (seemingly unglamorous) muse.
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LinkedIn’s VP of Diversity Explains Why Diverse Companies Are More Profitable
LinkedIn has committed to doubling the number of Black and Latino leaders over the next five years.
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How Noom Incorporated Psychology and Technology Into Its Weight-Loss App
After ‘years of struggle,’ the heath-tech disruptor is leveraging behavioral science and full-time coaches to ride a wave of growth, says CEO and co-founder Saeju Jeong.
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Google, Gap and Bevel on the Three Trends Shaping Business
Execs from the tech giant, apparel chain and the Procter & Gamble-owned men’s startup unpack the pandemic-nudged market shifts poised to fuel business this year — and why they matter.
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